3 Powerful Little Words

As humans, we are wired to pursue pleasure. Tree 3 words that drive our actions are “I want that.”

Desires moves us to get the objects we desire. So, many people say they don’t know what the want.

But I’ve realized it’s because we live in a world where the things we are programmed to desire are quick fixes, intense shot of instant gratification: sugar, junk food, alcohol, drug, and more, and fast and easy entertainment.

I know that each one of us have a deep yearning for more, more abundance, more contribution more significance, more meaning, more fulfillment

The problem is that those “quick fixes” never lead to any of those things. We use up all our wanting on fast, easy, cheap sources of intense pleasure and are left depleted and fighting against the negative consequences of those things.

Feeling good is our birthright. We are designed to feel good.

It’s simply a matter or redirecting our desires to the thing that we want more than cheap thrills of modern life.

What do you want more that dessert? Or endless episodes of your favorite TV show? Or that Video game your playing?

Learning how to delay gratification will save some desire fuel for the more important things in life.

So, ask yourself: “What do I really want?”

This is a powerful question and one that I recommend you ask yourself often.

Give yourself permission to want what you want. Then let that desire build and fuel your motivation to go out and get it.

Weakness Or Wisdom?

So often, we mistakenly think the key to having a life that count is more Bible knowledge, more financial resources or more influence. But scripture tells us differently. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 tells us that God just doesn’t tolerate the foolish, weak and lowly. He chooses then. To make a difference, we don’t need more. We need willingness to give more.

God seems to handpick and set apart unlikely people. He uses each of them for a redemptive purpose, despite their inadequacies. And turns their impossible to possible.

Similarly, Anyone who looks at the cross will thank God it’s not loving or powerful, but cruel and unfeeling. Because when we see the cross as a part of the whole story, We will see the cross of the chapter not the entire book.

To those who embrace weakness and surrender to foolishness, Jesus will open up a new reality that transforms the poverty of our nature by the riches of His grace. It is in this kingdom that we find great that spread its arms out on the cross, and never stopped reaching out for everyone even those who reject Him.

Our faith and our calling do not rest in human wisdom, but in the power of God. This means we must pray daily for his kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. It is an invitation for us to take up our cross, the apparent falseness of it and the scorn that may come because of it, and comfort the worlds fourth power with the fact that there was a different way of wielding power. Define and characterized by love.

God qualifies the unqualified and He deems the unlikely, likely. Never think of your inadequacies is too much for Him. He’s called you. He’s chosen you. So go and do great things for God. You are qualified and your weakness, for what is impossible with man is possible with God.

When Rejection Is Just Redirection

‘NO’ is Word that many of us fear. Rejection hurts and often is misinterpreted as a negative sign. It is regarded as evidence of our unsatisfactory skills or self! Whether we experience rejection from our family, friends, or a company, it hits us hard . It strikes right i. The heart which is the control center to our feeling and emotions.

Rejection makes us wonder if something is a-miss with us. We start tearing ourselves apart with self-criticism and doubting our skills and ability.

However, rejection teaches us and redirects us towards better things, people and situations. It is essential to stop seeing rejection as a sign of inadequacy. Instead, you must open yourself up to positive thinking and view rejection as nothing more that a change for redirection.

Rejection Is In Fact Redirection

What if rejection is a path pointing you to the direction that is right for you?

Perceiving rejection differently will help ease your anxiety and will Prove less of a disappointment. Your response to ‘NO’ will be more neutral, resilient and braver if you flip the rejection script.

Rejection is no lost opportunity, but in fact a chance to use your skills, resources and energy on so I ore aligned and productive.

See It This Way

Rejection happens only to those who are out there, expressing their opinion, asking a question or putting their ideas forth. So, it won’t be wrong to say that rejection is a product of courage. You are living a brave life and not afraid to go out there and live your dream.

Interpreting Rejection Correctly

If you look at it, rejection let’s your imagination loose as it makes you think about the reason behind the rejection. “What did I do that made them reject the idea?” “How could I have done things differently?” “Would they have accepted it if I had done this in a particular way?” These are questions you might ask yourself when faced with rejection, which in turn is likely to prove fruitful.

Rejection also makes you think about options ahead of you, and these options will enable you to see things from a different perspective. It leaves enough space open to take on new challenges and missions.

Rejection makes us curious and make us want to question people’s opinion. Sharing options enables us to see things from another person’s viewpoint. We develop more skills every time we get rejected. The most successful people you see around have failed once or several times before finally succeeding.

What Does Rejection Indicate?

If you get rejected often, it means that you are probably the kind who is willing to take risk often. Taking on risks not only helps us develop our skills, it also enables us to deal with different and adverse situations. It strengthens our determination, integrity, perseverance and resilience. It teaches you to turn difficult situations into opportunities to improve yourself.

There are a few things you must keep in mind when faced with rejection, they are:

You Are Strong

MRI studies actually provide the emotional pain activates the same pathways in our brain that physical pain does. That is the reason we personalize pain caused by rejection and tend to amplify and prolong the feeling.

It is essential at this time to separate the pain caused by what happened to you from what you know who you are. You can do this by talking and advising yourself the way a friend would. If you were talking to a friend who faced rejection, you would not tell them that they were undeserving. If you are not too rough on your friend, why would you be so brutal to yourself?

Believe You Can Do It

You know yourself more than anyone else in the world. Why let someone tell you that you are not good enough. Rejection is only a person’s opinion and does not define you. You might want to get another opinion or a few more. Try again and this time, do it differently.

You might have lacked enough knowledge to do the job effectively. It is a good idea to do more research and come up with a better plan.

Belief sets the pathway to success as the belief system in you know how good you are. It know your strengths and weaknesses. It will accordingly enable you to take initiatives they lead you to victory.

Abandoned

We all have experienced God’s kindness and faithfulness. His mercy and love in our lives. Yet, but when we are sitting in our own disappointment or fear, we are prone to filter out our heavenly Father’s character through our feelings.

When the circumstances around us are messy and broken, our inner critic may adopt the narrative that God isn’t working in our situation. When were faced with heartache or loss, we tend to tell ourselves “God doesn’t care, He doesn’t even see me.” When quite the opposite is true.

When Jesus cried out on the cross: “My God, my God, why have to forsaken me?” We hear the torment and sense of abandonment in His cry. To the outside observer, it looks as if Jesus is, for the very first time separated from God and alone. But His cry indicates communion.

All of us know times of darkness, though for some of us it’s darker than others. Abandonment, loneliness, fear, grief, rejection, and pain. And in response, at times it feels like we’re only getting divine silence. Just like Jesus experienced.

And we have the choice as to what we fill that silence with: A sense of rejection and retreating from Him, or a longing to know Him more, trusting and remembering that our Lord lives us no matter what, and that He’s always waiting for us with open arms.

Perhaps with these 13 days until Resurrection Sunday all you can manage to say is “My God, my God.” But the same Holy Spirit who secured the unbreakable bond between Father and Son is present in your own garden of Gethsemane moments. Even at the moment of agony and abandonment, we can still call on God.

If you are going through a period of darkness and it feels as if God has abandoned you, don’t let it drive you to despair. God is with us even through the deepest despair and most savage betrayals.

We can find comfort in the promises of Scripture: if God is letting you go through the valley, you can absolutely be certain that even this separation cannot block God’s grand outcome for us.

Matthew 45-53

Spiritual Loneliness: What To Do When No One Understands You

In this material world which is full of consumerism and advertisements, being awakened spiritually is a rare phenomenon.

It is so rare that the people who are awakened spiritually often find themselves lonely. This loneliness is not a negative kind but the human brain always treats loneliness as isolation and treats it in a negative way.

Ways To Deal With Spiritual loneliness

1. Reality Itself Is Just A Play In Consciousness. It’s All A Dream: Spiritual awakening comes with the idea that whatever we are feeling in the now is irrelevant. This meaning that reality is like a dream and it is going to be over. If reality is so transitory, why should you let it affect you on a personal level? You should actually make efforts to champion reality.

2. Operate From Love Rather Than Fear: Don’t be afraid to love. Maybe you feel that you are alone and you think that there are reasons for it like you are not nice or likable or something like that. The reality is that the only reason you are alone is that you are on a different path or journey in your life.

While the ones around you are still far behind you. So spread love and care and be positive about this rather than deal with relationships from a point of fear or sadness.

3. Go With The Flow: Just let things happen as they are. Don’t try too hard to find company or become desperate because you are alone. Just go with the flow and let life happen to you. Don’t worry, loneliness will teach you how to be alone.

4. Seek Others Out: There surly must be other who are on the same journey as you. Find them. They will surly understand you because they have been through the same problems as you and they have also survived.

Do Not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t worry, you are not alone and most important you are special. Not everyone can be what you are. Not everyone can be where you are.

The 5×5 Rule

Often times, it can be difficult to recognize the stressor in our life. Many times it can be more than one stressor that can take a toll and negatively impact our attitude. Until we find the root of our problem we will not solve the problem.

The 5×5 rules is a great skill to combat stress in difficult situations by putting problems into perspective.

What’s The 5x5 rule?

The 5×5 rule states that if you come across an issue take a moment to think whether or not it will matter in 5 years. If it won’t, don’t spend more than 5 minutes stressing about it.

When your problems need to be put into perspective, the 5×5 rule is a good thing to remember. The fact of the matter is, some problems do not need your full attention. It’s easy and quite honestly just human nature to devote hours to days, and even sometimes weeks to being upset about trivial matters. So, if something won’t matter in 5-years don’t bother being upset about it for more than 5 minutes.

It may seem like a silly way to cope, implementing this into those anxieties that arise throughout our day cab drastically change our day-to-day outlook. Often times we are put into situations with people that can make the day tough to get through. But when you think to yourself, ‘will the cure situation I’m in, matter it 5 years?” More times than not, the answer will be no.

So, the next time you find yourself struggling to take it east – breathe and ask yourself” will it matter in 5-years from now. If it won’t don’t let it consume your day. Then take 5 minutes stressing over it, and keep telling yourself that this will not affect or define me in 5-years.